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49th USSR Chess Championship
LocationBishkek
Champion
Garry Kasparov
Lev Psakhis

The 1981 Soviet Chess Championship was the 49th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 27 November to 22 December 1981 in Bishkek. The title was won by Alexander Beliavsky and Lev Psakhis. Semifinals took place in Bălți, Cheliabinsk, Nikolayev and Saratov; The First League (also qualifying to the final) wad held at Volgodonsk.[1][2]

Garry Kasparov
Lev Psakhis

Qualifying

Semifinals

Semifinals took place at Bălți, Cheliabinsk, Nikolayev and Saratov in July 1981. The winners respectively were Viktor Gavrikov, Leonid Yudasin, Vladimir Tukmakov and Georgy Agzamov gaining a direct promotion to the final.

First League

The top five qualified for the final.[3]

Volgodonsk, October 1981
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
1 Soviet Union Boris Gulko 2590 - 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 10½
2 Soviet Union Adrian Mikhalchishin 2535 0 - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 10
3 Soviet Union Gennadij Timoscenko 2510 ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 10
4 Soviet Union Josif Dorfman 2505 ½ ½ ½ - 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 10
5 Soviet Union Evgeny Sveshnikov 2535 0 ½ ½ 0 - 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1
6 Soviet Union Yuri Anikaev 2425 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 9
7 Soviet Union Zurab Azmaiparashvili ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 9
8 Soviet Union Nukhim Rashkovsky 2535 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 9
9 Soviet Union Evgeni Vasiukov 2545 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 9
10 Soviet Union Bukhuti Gurgenidze 2490 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ - 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 9
11 Soviet Union Andrei Kharitonov ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 - ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
12 Soviet Union Alex Yermolinsky 2455 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
13 Soviet Union Sergey Gorelov 2415 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 - ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 8
14 Soviet Union Yevgeniy Vladimirov 2445 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ 8
15 Soviet Union Alexander Chernin 2470 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 0 1
16 Soviet Union Eduard Gufeld 2515 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ - ½ ½ 7
17 Soviet Union Elizbar Ubilava 2455 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ - 1 6
18 Soviet Union Arkady Novopashin 2380 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 -

Final

49th USSR Chess Championship
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total
1 Soviet Union Garry Kasparov 2630 - 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 12½
2 Soviet Union Lev Psakhis 2500 1 - 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 12½
3 Soviet Union Oleg Romanishin 2595 ½ 0 - ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 10
4 Soviet Union Vladimir Tukmakov 2480 0 0 ½ - ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1
5 Soviet Union Viktor Gavrikov 2365 0 ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½
6 Soviet Union Georgy Agzamov ½ ½ 0 1 ½ - ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 9
7 Soviet Union Alexander Beliavsky 2620 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ - 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 9
8 Soviet Union Artur Yusupov 2575 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 - ½ 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 1
9 Soviet Union Josif Dorfman 2505 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ - 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½
10 Soviet Union Evgeny Sveshnikov 2535 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 - 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 8
11 Soviet Union Vitaly Tseshkovsky 2530 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 - 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 8
12 Soviet Union Viktor Kupreichik 2575 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 - ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 8
13 Soviet Union Sergey Dolmatov 2545 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ - 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 8
14 Soviet Union Leonid Yudasin 2365 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 - 1 ½ 1 ½
15 Soviet Union Boris Gulko 2590 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 - 1 1 ½
16 Soviet Union Gennadi Kuzmin 2545 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 - 0 1
17 Soviet Union Gennadij Timoscenko 2510 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 - ½ 6
18 Soviet Union Adrian Mikhalchishin 2535 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ -

References

  1. ^ Cafferty, Bernard; Taimanov, Mark (2016). The Soviet Championships. London: Everyman Chess. p. 189.
  2. ^ Soltis, Andy (2000). Soviet chess, 1917-1991. McFarland & Co. ISBN 0-7864-0676-3. OCLC 41940198.
  3. ^ "Russian Base".